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J. H'. CABLE.

IRoNNG BOARD. N0. 354,768.

Patented Deo. 21, 1886.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. CABLE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY:

IRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,768, dated December 21, 1886.

l Application tiled April 1,1886. Serial No. 197.451. (No model.)

To all whom it mayconeern:

Be it known that l, JOHN H. CABLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention consists in the combination, with an ironingboard, of a bracket constructed to support the inner end of the board, an arm extending from said bracket, an elastic cushion secured to the arm, anda wedge made to iit between the elastic cushion and the outer edge of the board, so that when the wedge is taken out a shirt or other article can be drawn A over the board, and by reinserting the wedge the shirt is held securely on the board with a yielding pressure not liable to injure the ma-` terial from which the shirt is made.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side View. Fig. 2 is a plan or top View. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bracket detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. In the drawings, the letter A designates a table or other article, to which is rmly secured a bracket, B. This bracket serves to support the inner end of the ironing-board C, which is also secured to an extension, D, of the table-top by screws or other [suitable means; or, if desired, said extension may form a part of the bracket. .From the bracket extends an arm, E, the outer end of which is bent upward and carries an elastic cushion, F, which is, by

preference, made in the form of a flat spring, as shown in the drawings.

Gis a Wedge or clamping-piece, which fits between the elastic cushion and the outer edge of the ironing-board. When this Wedge is taken out, ashirt or other article can be drawn over the ironing-board, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and if the wedge is put back in its working position the shirt becomes rmly clamped between said wedge and the outer edge of the table with a yielding pressure, so that the material from which the shirt is made is not liable to 'become injured, and at the same time the shirt is held on the board, so that it can be ironed with case and convenience.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl The combination, with anironing-board, of a bracket constructed to support the inner end of .thev board, an arm extending from`said bracket, an elastic cushion secured to the arm, and a wedge made to tit between the elastic cushion and the outer edge of the board, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. CABLE. [1.. s]

lWitnesses: l

. W. HAUFF,

A, FABER DU FAUB, Jr. 

